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President Uhuru Kenyatta with Deputy President William Ruto after the 58th Jamhuri Day Celebrations at Uhuru Gardens on 12th December 2021. [Wilberforce Okwiri,Standard]
Kenyans were never used to the public display of affection from President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto. One generation had interacted with a no-nonsense grandfatherly figure whose pronouncements were never challenged and whose deputies keenly followed in his footsteps. Never once were they allowed to colour outside the lines.
Another generation knew the presidency as an institution that was to be feared and obeyed at all times. A presidency that required you to stand at attention whenever you heard the national anthem and a vice presidency that was the tail of the dog that gave the orders. Then came, what to many, looked like a presidency that did not care much about the plight of the local man. A presidency whose sole ambition was to fix a broken country with little time to interact and politic and trade jibes with the rest of the executive.
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